Eileen myles, the poet muse of transparent the new. Eileen myles reads an excerpt from inferno a poets novel. Queen marys bathhouse, where mary, queen of scots was said to bathe in sweet white wine to keep her young more likely a summer. A poets novel by eileen myles 2010 i was completely stupefied by inferno in the best of ways. Discover book depositorys huge selection of eileen myles books online. Novelist dennis cooper has described myles as one of the savviest and most restless intellects in contemporary literature. Early life and career eileen myles grew up and attended catholic schools in arlington, massachusetts and graduated from u. But i can tell you that eileen myles made me understand something i didnt before. Eileen myles came to new york from boston in 1974 and soon began reading her poems publicly, taking workshops at st.
Near the end of inferno which is split into three sections, each one loosely corresponding to a section of dantes divine comedy, eileen myles writes that poetry is most of all a mastery of places, not the world but the weather of the states that form in your life and what you read and how things were taken and what came back 260. A poets novel by eileen myles from amazons fiction books store. New york poet eileen myles is the most seductive of writersand impossible to categorize. In 2012, myles received a guggenheim fellowship to complete. Eileen myles born december 9, 1949 is an american poet and writer who has produced more than twenty volumes of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, libretti, plays, and performance pieces over the last three decades. Eileen myles 1949 eileen myles is an american poet who has also worked in fiction, nonfiction, and theater. Eileen myles born december 9, 1949 is an american poet and writer who has produced more than twenty volumes of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, libretti, plays. Inferno a poets novel eileen myles i was completely stupefied by inferno in the best of ways. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Inferno by eileen myles overdrive rakuten overdrive. In fact, i think i must feel kind of like dante felt after seeing the face of god.
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